Using AI to Mitigate the Employee Misclassification Problem
Description: Misclassification of employees as independent contractors is widespread. This article aims to make two contributions. My first goal is to sharpen the explanation of why misclassifications persist; I argue that three well-known problems – the indeterminacy of employee status…
Work in prison: Reintegrationor exclusion and exploitation?
Description: Work opportunities in prison can be valuable for the incarcerated. However, prison labour pre-sents significant challenges because of its location behind prison walls away from the public eye,where prison authorities exercise unprecedented power over individuals. Even though work isnot…
Labour Justice – A Constitutional Evaluation of Labour Law
This book argues that the imagination of the worker-citizen, inherent in citizens’ constitutional duty to work, is the very foundation of constitutional citizenship and its social justice agenda. The design of social justice in the constitution takes labour as its…
Labour Law and Economic Policy. How Employment Rights improve the Economy (HART)
Description: This book studies labour institutions from an economic perspective to justify their existence and the advantages that they bring to innovation, efficiency, productivity, and economic growth. The philosophical foundations of labour law rely on the protection of the weaker…
Beyond National Systems, Towards a ‘Gig Economy’? A Research Agenda for International and Comparative Employment Relations
Description: Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, December 2017, Volume 29, Issue 4, pp 247–257 Open access link:
Presenteeism, Its Effects and Costs: A Discussion in a Labour Law Perspective
Description: ‘Presenteeism, Its Effects and Costs: A Discussion in a Labour Law Perspective’. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 34, no. 1 (2018): 53–76.
Work 4.0 and the Future of Labour Law
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Digital labour platforms and the future of work – Towards decent work in the online world
Description: Janine Berg (ILO), Marianne Furrer (ILO), Ellie Harmon (Encountering Tech), Uma Rani (ILO) and M. Six Silberman (IG Metall) Digital labour platforms and the future of work: Towards decent work in the online world International Labour Office – Geneva,…